माहेर

See also: माहिर, मिहिर, मुहुर्, and मोहरा

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘦𑘮𑘿𑘧𑘹𑘨 (mahyera), 𑘦𑘰𑘂𑘮𑘨 (māihara), 𑘦𑘰𑘮𑘲𑘊𑘨 (māhīera), 𑘦𑘰𑘮𑘲𑘧𑘹𑘨 (māhīyera), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀫𑀸𑀇𑀳𑀭 (māihara), from Sanskrit मातृगृह (mātṛgṛha). Cognate with Gujarati મહિયર (mahiyar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ɦeɾ/, [mʱaeɾ]

Noun

माहेर • (māher) n

1. married woman's mother's home

Derived terms

• माहेरवाशीण (māhervāśīṇ, “a married woman who is visiting her mother's home”)

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “माहेर”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “माहर”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “माहेर,_माहेरघर”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*mātr̥ghara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press